Enhance Video with Color Wheel

With the help of CapCut's color wheel, you can correct uneven lighting, enhance tones, and achieve smooth color transitions for eye-catching, professional-quality videos.

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Key features of CapCut's color wheel

Precise video color control using the CapCut color wheel

Advanced color control

CapCut's color wheel allows you to fine-tune your video's look using precise primary controls such as Shadows, Middle Grey, Tint, and Offset. These tools help balance tones and colors naturally, giving your footage professional polish.

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Cinematic tone adjustment with CapCut video color whee

Professional log adjustment

The video color wheel provides detailed control over Shadows, Midtones, Highlights, and Offset, allowing you to create rich, cinematic effects. It's ideal for filmmakers and editors who want professional-grade results.

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Cinematic tone adjustment with CapCut video color wheel

Save presets effortlessly

With CapCut's color wheel generator, you can save your preferred grading settings as presets to reuse across projects. This feature ensures consistency and speeds up your editing workflow.

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Apply color wheel settings to all video clips

Apply to all clips instantly

Easily apply color adjustments from the color wheel to multiple clips with one click. This ensures consistent color tones across your entire video project.

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How to employ CapCut's color wheel generator

Step 1: Upload your video

Open CapCut, click "Create project," import your video, and drag it onto the timeline to start color grading

Step 2: Apply the color wheel

Go to the "Adjust" tab on the right side.Select "Color wheel" from the available tools.You'll see four wheels: Shadows, Middle Grey, Tint, and Offset.Each wheel lets you fine-tune tones and lighting to balance warmth, depth, and highlights.Experiment with the wheels to achieve a cinematic finish for your video.

Step 3: Preview and export

Once satisfied with your color grading, playback your project to check how the tones blend. When ready, click "Export" in the top-right corner, set your preferred quality and codec, and save your beautifully color-enhanced video.

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Adjusting video tones using the color wheel in the CapCut desktop editor

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Benefits of using CapCut's wheel of colors

Quick video grading using the CapCut color wheel

Fast and seamless editing

CapCut's color wheel makes grading more efficient by letting you quickly adjust tones, highlights, and shadows in real time. You can instantly apply color balance changes without switching tools, streamlining your entire editing process.

Maintaining consistent video tones with the color wheel in CapCut

Greater visual consistency

Using the wheel of colors ensures uniform color tones across all clips in your video. It helps maintain a cohesive look by balancing warmth and contrast, making every shot appear visually connected and professionally polished.

Adjusting shadows and highlights using the color wheel generator

Balanced tonal ranges

The color wheel generator enables precise adjustments of shadows, midtones, and highlights, resulting in footage with a well-balanced and natural tone. This creates cinematic visuals that enhance storytelling and visual appeal.

Explore the scenarios of CapCut's color wheel

Cinematic film grading using the CapCut color wheel

Cinematic short films

CapCut movie maker's color wheel helps filmmakers craft cinematic visuals by refining shadows, highlights, and midtones. You can use the video color wheel to set the mood, balance contrast, and add depth to each scene for a film-like finish.

Enhancing travel vlog visuals with color wheel picker.

Travel vlog color grading

For travel video creators, the color wheel picker enhances scenic beauty by adjusting warmth and tones. It brings out vibrant skies, clear waters, and natural hues, helping your vlogs look dynamic and professionally edited.

Brand or product video

Using the color generator wheel, marketers can create visually consistent product videos. By fine-tuning colors to match brand tones, you can enhance recognition and keep visuals cohesive across multiple campaigns.

Social media video enhancement using the CapCut wheel of colors

Social media content

CapCut's wheel of colors makes it easy to produce eye-catching visuals for reels, ads, or YouTube shorts. You can instantly adjust color balance to attract viewers' attention and give your videos a professional, polished look.

Tools List

Online Video Editor

Text to Speech

Effects & Filters

Trendy Music

Sound Effects

Auto Subtitles

Transcribe Videos

Text Overlay

Frequently Asked Questions

How many colors are on the color wheel?

The color wheel in CapCut represents twelve main hues arranged in a circle, allowing you to explore a full spectrum of tones. This helps you balance and blend primary, secondary, and tertiary colors for precise video grading.

Can I use the color picker wheel for videos or images?

Yes, CapCut's color picker wheel is designed for both videos and images. It lets you sample and match specific tones to maintain consistent colors throughout your content. This is especially useful for achieving a cohesive aesthetic in your videos, thumbnails, and brand visuals.

How do I maintain consistent tones across multiple clips?

To ensure visual consistency, CapCut allows you to use the color wheel generator to create and save custom presets. Once saved, you can apply these presets to all clips in your project. This makes it easier to balance tones, hues, and lighting for a smooth and professional look.

Will the color wheel help make my videos more cinematic?

Yes, the video color wheel is perfect for adding cinematic depth to your footage. By adjusting shadows, highlights, and midtones, you can enhance contrast and atmosphere. This gives your video a dramatic and film-like quality that elevates its storytelling impact. You can also combine it with CapCut's filters to instantly apply ready-made cinematic tones for an even more polished look.

Can the color wheel fix inconsistent lighting in my clips?

Definitely, the wheel of colors in CapCut helps correct uneven lighting by fine-tuning the exposure balance between dark and bright areas. Adjusting these tones restores natural light flow, ensuring that every clip looks cohesive and professionally color-graded. Additionally, CapCut's relight video feature can adjust lighting and enhance scene brightness or shadow depth for a more natural, cinematic look.